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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cease \Cease\, v. t. To put a stop to to bring to an end But he her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. --Milton. Cease, then, this impious rage. --Milton From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cease \Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased}; p. pr & vb n. {Ceasing}.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr L. cessare v. intemsive fr cedere to withdraw. See {Cede}, and cf {Cessation}.] 1. To come to an end to stop; to leave off or give over to desist; as the noise ceased. ``To cease from strife.'' --Prov. xx 3. 2. To be wanting; to fail to pass away The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut. xv 11. Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit discontinue; refrain; leave off pause; end From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cease n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {give up}, {quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}] 2: have an end in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: {end}, {finish}, {terminate}] [ant: {begin}] 3: bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!" [syn: {end}, {terminate}] [ant: {begin}]
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